Quote for the Day

[Shin]

'Angel of God and well-beloved brother, I trust myself to your beneficence and implore you humbly to intercede for me with my Spouse, so that He may forgive me my sins, strengthen me in well-doing, help me by His grace to correct my faults, and lead me to Paradise, there to taste the fruition of His presence and to possess eternal life. Amen.'

St. Lydwine of Schiedam

[Shin]

'Take with you everywhere this spirit of prayer and interior recollection. Go out of yourself, and lose yourself in God; go out of time, and lose yourself in eternity.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'Blessed the one who has hated evil-doing that is full of shame and presented himself as a living sacrifice, well-pleasing to the Lord.'

St. Ephrem of Syria

[Shin]

'To pray well requires the whole man.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'See, My daughter, whether thou canst find a father whose love for his only son has prompted him to take care of him or to show him such tender proofs of his love as I have given and will yet give thee of Mine; for from thy earliest years My love has borne kindly with thee, and has trained and formed thee after My own Heart, awaiting thee patiently without growing weary of all thy resistance. Know, therefore, that if ever thou shouldst forget the gratitude thou owest Me and shouldst not refer the glory of everything to Me, thou wouldst thereby, as regards thyself, dry up this inexhaustible source of all good.'

The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'Nothing but sin can separate us from God. You do not wish to sin; therefore preserve your heart in peace, and have it constantly turned towards heaven.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'The Father bears witness from heaven to His Son. The Holy Spirit bears witness, coming down bodily in the form of a dove. The archangel Gabriel bears witness, bringing the good tidings to Mary. The Virgin Mother of God bears witness.'

St. Cyril of Jerusalem

[Shin]

'My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my precepts. For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace.'

Proverbs 3:1-2

[Shin]

'When temptation comes, a man should remember the sweetnesses he has had in prayer at other times, and he will thus easily master the temptation.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'How happy is the soul who detaches herself from all pleasure, from all sentiment, from all self-opinionatedness! You will realize this happiness if you put all your satisfaction in the cross of Jesus; that is, if you die on the cross of your Saviour to all that is not God.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'Do you represent in yourself His look, his gait, and modesty? Do you take your food, sleep, receive mortifications and injuries as He would? Do you in the same manner seek the honour and glory of His Eternal Father?'

St. Alphonsus Rodriguez

[Shin]

'The person who loves God cannot help loving every man as himself, even though he is grieved by the passions of those who are not yet purified. But when they amend their lives, his delight is indescribable and knows no bounds.'

St. Maximos the Confessor

[Shin]

'If any of the irrational creatures fail thee, I desire thee to rejoice in the Lord and give thanks to his Majesty, and bless them for their obedience to the Creator. If the rational creatures persecute thee, love them with all thy heart and regard them as the instruments of divine justice, which afford thee some opportunity of rendering satisfaction for thy deficiency. Rather strengthen and console thyself in labors, adversities and tribulations, not only considering them as fully deserved by the faults committed, but deeming them ornaments of the soul and most rich jewels given thee by thy Spouse.'

The Blessed Virgin, to Ven. Mary of Agreda

[Shin]

'The man who loves God with a true heart, and prizes him above all things, sometimes sheds floods of tears at prayer, and has in abundance of favours and spiritual feelings coming upon him with such vehemence, that he is forced to cry out, "Lord! let me be quiet!"'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'Put into practice the teachings of our holy faith, it is not enough to convince ourselves that they are true; we must love them. Love united to faith makes us practice our religion.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Shin]

'If you wish to end your undertakings happily, learn how to give yourself up to them without desiring any return to yourself.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola